Comments on: Injury Exam Scam: Doctors Deliver Diagnoses to Keep Getting Paid by Insurance Companies http://www.zifflaw.com/NYInjuryLawBlog/ime-doctors-change-diagnoses-for-insurance-company-exams Legal Answers from Lawyers Who Know New York & Pennsylvania Law Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:58:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: NY Accident Lawyer Offers Do’s & Don’ts for Insurance Medical Exams (IME) | NY Malpractice Attorney | New York Lawyer http://www.zifflaw.com/NYInjuryLawBlog/ime-doctors-change-diagnoses-for-insurance-company-exams/comment-page-1#comment-72141 NY Accident Lawyer Offers Do’s & Don’ts for Insurance Medical Exams (IME) | NY Malpractice Attorney | New York Lawyer Thu, 20 May 2010 11:53:23 +0000 http://www.zifflaw.com/NYInjuryLawBlog/?p=1363#comment-72141 [...] Medical Examination (IME) with the insurance company’s doctor. In the original post: “IME Doctors Change Diagnoses for Insurance Company Exams”, I explained how some doctors deliver the diagnoses that the insurance companies want – [...] [...] Medical Examination (IME) with the insurance company’s doctor. In the original post: “IME Doctors Change Diagnoses for Insurance Company Exams”, I explained how some doctors deliver the diagnoses that the insurance companies want – [...]

]]> By: Jim Reed http://www.zifflaw.com/NYInjuryLawBlog/ime-doctors-change-diagnoses-for-insurance-company-exams/comment-page-1#comment-47830 Jim Reed Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:31:04 +0000 http://www.zifflaw.com/NYInjuryLawBlog/?p=1363#comment-47830 Tim: I hate to tell you but I think most lawyers are much too cavalier about just how damaging an IME can be for their clients. I think it's important for lawyers to alert their clients to some of the typical IME tricks-of-the-trade-- claiming they performed tests they never performed, telling the client one thing and writing another thing in their report, changing my client's answers to their questions. I ask my clients to take very detailed notes after an IME (INSURANCE, NOT Independent, Medical Exam) recording things like time of arrival, waiting time, exam time, questions asked and answers given, tests performed, etc. I truly wish this wasn't such a game with some of these hired gun Dr's but I see these methods to be the only way to effectively deal with the crooked Dr's. Don't get me wrong, there are some decent IME Dr's but they tend to be few and far between because the carriers don't want to use them again if they don't give the answers the insurance company wants to hear. Best of luck to you! Thanks, Jim _________________________________ James B. Reed NY & PA Injury & Malpractice Lawyer Ziff Law Firm, LLP Mailto: jreed@zifflaw.com Office: (607)733-8866 Toll-Free: 800-ZIFFLAW (943-3529) Web: www.zifflaw.com Blogs: NYInjuryLawBlog.com and NYBikeAccidentBlog.com Tim:

I hate to tell you but I think most lawyers are much too cavalier about just how damaging an IME can be for their clients. I think it’s important for lawyers to alert their clients to some of the typical IME tricks-of-the-trade– claiming they performed tests they never performed, telling the client one thing and writing another thing in their report, changing my client’s answers to their questions. I ask my clients to take very detailed notes after an IME (INSURANCE, NOT Independent, Medical Exam) recording things like time of arrival, waiting time, exam time, questions asked and answers given, tests performed, etc.

I truly wish this wasn’t such a game with some of these hired gun Dr’s but I see these methods to be the only way to effectively deal with the crooked Dr’s. Don’t get me wrong, there are some decent IME Dr’s but they tend to be few and far between because the carriers don’t want to use them again if they don’t give the answers the insurance company wants to hear.

Best of luck to you!

Thanks, Jim
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]]> By: tim andrus http://www.zifflaw.com/NYInjuryLawBlog/ime-doctors-change-diagnoses-for-insurance-company-exams/comment-page-1#comment-47429 tim andrus Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:58:46 +0000 http://www.zifflaw.com/NYInjuryLawBlog/?p=1363#comment-47429 where were you before both of my IME's??? 4+ years and still going... where were you before both of my IME’s??? 4+ years and still going…

]]> By: Gerry Oginski http://www.zifflaw.com/NYInjuryLawBlog/ime-doctors-change-diagnoses-for-insurance-company-exams/comment-page-1#comment-47389 Gerry Oginski Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:21:21 +0000 http://www.zifflaw.com/NYInjuryLawBlog/?p=1363#comment-47389 I was amazed at the doctor's reply in the video that he had no clue about how the errors had been made in the report. Frankly, I don't believe his explanation, nor do I think any jury would believe it either, especially when comparing the video with his report. I'm going to videotape all of my client's physical examinations now. I was amazed at the doctor’s reply in the video that he had no clue about how the errors had been made in the report. Frankly, I don’t believe his explanation, nor do I think any jury would believe it either, especially when comparing the video with his report.

I’m going to videotape all of my client’s physical examinations now.

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